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## Index: M

m command, marking place in vi editor: 17.29. Finding Your Place with Undo
m (ending escape sequence): 8.6.1. Trying It
m (map) option (tset command): 5.3. Setting the Terminal Type When You Log In
M-x in Emacs (see ESC-x in Emacs)
MAC (Ethernet) address: 46.10. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Mac OS X: 1.1. What's Special About Unix?
  Darwin: 1.3. The Core of Unix
    downloading and installing One-Step: 40.8. The curl Application and One-Step GNU-Darwin Auto-Installer for OS X
    enabling root access to: 49.12. Enabling Root in Darwin
  passwords, storing: 1.7. Which Shell Am I Running?
  SSH on: 51.1. Enabling Remote Access on Mac OS X
  swap space, checking contents of /var/vm with ls: 48.6.2. Checking Swap Space
  Terminal application: 3.2. The Mac OS X Terminal Application
    color capabilities: 4.10. Highlighting and Color in Shell Prompts
    command-k to delete scrollback buffer: 4.17. Running Commands When You Log Out
  user and group management through Netinfo: 49.2. When Does a User Become a User
Macintosh
  carriage returns in text files, translating to newlines: 21.11. Hacking on Characters with tr
  keyboards, CTRL and CAPS LOCK: 6.1. Defining Keys and Button Presses with xmodmap
  Microsoft Word file, converting for Unix: 1.8. Anyone Can Program the Shell
macros
  Emacs: 19.2. Emacs Features: A Laundry List
  troff -man: 3.21. Make Your Own Manpages Without Learning troff
magic-space tcsh editor function: 30.14.3. tcsh Editing
mail: 46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP
  directory for: 7.7. Make More Directories!
  Emacs facility: 19.2. Emacs Features: A Laundry List
  headers, removing with behead script: 21.5. Remove Mail/News Headers with behead
  permissions for files: 50.2.1. User, Group, and World
  SMTP (Simple Message Transfer Protocol): 46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP
mail exchanger (MX) records: 46.3. Status and Troubleshooting
  46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP
  stored by DNS: 46.9. Domain Name Service (DNS)
mail program: 1.21. Unix Networking and Communications
  (backslash) before history characters: 30.16. Instead of Changing History Characters
  redirecting input for: 43.1. Using Standard Input and Output
  redirecting standard error to: 43.3. Send (Only) Standard Error Down a Pipe
  sending yourself email copy of fortune: 36.26. Outputting Text to an X Window
  shortcut for multiple addresses: 28.4. Build Strings with { }
Mail User Agents (MUAs or UAs): 46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP
mailboxes, disk space and: 15.3. Save Space with "Bit Bucket" Log Files and Mailboxes
mailto utility: 21.12.2. MIME Encoding
Main Options menu (xterm): 5.17. The xterm Menus
make utility: 11.10. make Isn't Just for Programmers!
  configuring source code: 41.3. Compiling Perl from Scratch
  installing Samba: 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba
  make clean command: 40.4. Simplifying the make Process
  make distclean command: 40.4. Simplifying the make Process
  software installation problems with differing versions: 40.3. Which make?
makealias command: 29.10. Fix Quoting in csh Aliases with makealias and quote
Makefile.in (configure file): 40.4. Simplifying the make Process
Makefiles (or makefiles): 11.10. make Isn't Just for Programmers!
  for NIS: 11.11. Even More Uses for make
  for Perl: 41.3. Compiling Perl from Scratch
makewhatis utility: 2.2. whatis: One-Line Command Summaries
man command: 2.1. The man Command
  command-line options: 2.1. The man Command
-man macros (troff): 3.21. Make Your Own Manpages Without Learning troff
MANPATH environment variable: 2.1. The man Command
  35.5. Predefined Environment Variables
  adding: 3.21. Make Your Own Manpages Without Learning troff
manual pages
  formatted with nroff commands: 45.12. Typesetting Manpages: nroff
  locating for a program: 2.3. whereis: Finding Where a Command Is Located
  MANPATH environment variable: 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables
  Perl
    perldata manpage for variable interpolation: 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy
    on Unix system: 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy
  searching: 2.4. Searching Online Manual Pages
  for shell prompts: 4.3. Dynamic Prompts
  types of: 2.4. Searching Online Manual Pages
map( ) function: 42.3.2. Functions
map commands, vi: 18.2. Save Time and Typing with the vi map Commands
  18.5. Keymaps for Pasting into a Window Running vi
  (see also keymaps, vi)
  arrow key mappings in text-input mode, disadvantages of: 18.3. What You Lose When You Use map!
  command mode maps: 18.2.1. Command Mode Maps
  text-input mode maps: 18.2.2. Text-Input Mode Maps
    | (vertical bar), quoting in: 18.6. Protecting Keys from Interpretation by ex
    arrow keys, mapping: 18.2.2. Text-Input Mode Maps
    disabling temporarily: 18.2.2. Text-Input Mode Maps
mappings, keyboard events at server level (see keysym mappings)
mark command: 31.12. Marking Your Place with a Shell Variable
markup languages: 45.13. Formatting Markup Languages — troff, LATEX, HTML, and So On
master password file: 1.17. File Access Permissions
master word list, ispell program: 16.5. Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary
match command (awk): 20.10.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands
matching (see grep commands pattern matching regular expressions)
max log size directive (smb.conf): 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba
maxdepth operator (find command): 14.15. Removing a Strange File by its i-number
maximum file size, setting in shells: 15.5.1. limit and ulimit
memory
  information about from meminfo file: 24.9.1. Memory Information
  virtual memory statistics, checking: 48.6.4. Other Checks
menu completion: 28.6.2. Menu Completion
menu prompts: 4.9. A "Menu Prompt" for Naive Users
menus, xterm: 5.17. The xterm Menus
merge option (xrdb): 6.8. Setting Resources with xrdb
merging files
  in CVS: 39.8. More CVS
  in RCS: 39.5. RCS Basics
Message Transfer Agents (MTAs): 46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP
  MX records, use of: 46.9. Domain Name Service (DNS)
META key in Emacs (see ESC-x in Emacs)
metacharacters
  . (dot)
    csplit search patterns, escaping in: 21.10. Splitting Files by Context: csplit
  display by cat -v command: 12.4. Show Nonprinting Characters with cat -v or od -c
  displayed by od -c: 12.4. Show Nonprinting Characters with cat -v or od -c
  in regular expressions: 27.17. "Special" Characters and Operators
    32.3. Understanding Expressions
    32.4. Using Metacharacters in Regular Expressions
    34.10. Referencing the Search String in a Replacement
    ^ and $ anchor characters: 32.5. Regular Expressions: The Anchor Characters ^ and $
    . (dot), matching any character with: 32.7. Regular Expressions: Match Any Character with . (Dot)
    examples of use: 32.19. I Never Meta Character I Didn't Like
    Perl: 41.7. Perl Boot Camp, Part 4: Pattern Matching
    search and replace commands for sed or ex: 32.21.2. Examples of Searching and Replacing
    valid metacharacters for different Unix programs: 32.20. Valid Metacharacters for Different Unix Programs
  shell: 32.3. Understanding Expressions
  in shells: 27.17. "Special" Characters and Operators
  wildcard pattern matching in case statements: 35.11. Pattern Matching in case Statements
  in X event translations: 6.4. X Event Translations
Metaframe (Citrix): 47.9. Citrix: Making Windows Multiuser
  47.9.1. Citrix Metaframe
Metamail utilities: 21.12.2. MIME Encoding
methods: 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy
  Python: 42.3.3. Everything's an Object
Microsoft
  licensing, strictness of: 47.9. Citrix: Making Windows Multiuser
  security: 48.3. Keeping Up with Security Alerts
  Windows (see Windows)
  Word (Macintosh) file, converting to Unix: 1.8. Anyone Can Program the Shell
MIME encoding: 21.12.2. MIME Encoding
mimencode utility: 21.12.2. MIME Encoding
minus sign , under Symbols) (see - (dash)
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): 1.22. The X Window System
mkdir (2) system call, adding directories and their hard links: 10.4.2. Links to a Directory
mkdir command: 7.8. Making Directories Made Easier
  9.17. Duplicating a Directory Tree
  history substitution: 7.8. Making Directories Made Easier
  Ðm option: 7.8. Making Directories Made Easier
  Ðp (parents) option: 7.8. Making Directories Made Easier
mkfifo command: 43.11. Named Pipes: FIFOs
/mnt directory: 40.1. /usr/bin and Other Software Directories
modem input, written with send: 28.18.1. Dialback
modem output, reading by expect: 28.18.1. Dialback
modems: 44.1. Quick Introduction to Hardware
  44.10. Win Is a Modem Not a Modem?
  personal LAN over, gatewaying from: 46.13. Gatewaying from a Personal LAN over a Modem
  testing with Expect program: 28.18.3. Testing: A Story
modems, checking for stalled data connections: 5.6.4. Stalled Data Connection?
modes
  access permissions after chmod: 50.5. Using chmod to Change File Permission
  editing modes in Emacs: 19.2. Emacs Features: A Laundry List
  for directories: 7.3. Access to Directories
  xterm menus, setting with: 5.17. The xterm Menus
modification times for files: 8.2. The Three Unix File Times
  -mtime operator (find command): 9.5. Searching for Old Files
  csh alias to list recently changed: 8.8. A csh Alias to List Recently Changed Files
  finding files by: 8.14. Listing Files by Age and Size
  listing newest file: 8.15. newer: Print the Name of the Newest File
  sorting files by (ls -t): 8.3. Finding Oldest or Newest Files with ls -t and ls -u
modifiers for patterns: 41.7. Perl Boot Camp, Part 4: Pattern Matching
modifiers (in regular expressions): 32.4. Using Metacharacters in Regular Expressions
mod_python module: 42.4. Python and the Web
  42.9. mod_python
modules
  kernel, for device drivers: 44.1. Quick Introduction to Hardware
  PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules): 51.5. General and Authentication Problems
  Perl
    Audio::SoundFile: 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy
    CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network): 22.8. Sorting a List of People by Last Name
    use module statement in scripts: 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy
  Python: 42.1. What Is Python?
    42.3.4. Modules and Packages
    cgi: 42.8. cgi
    checking your version for: 42.2. Installation and Distutils
    htmllib and HTMLParser: 42.4. Python and the Web
      42.7. htmllib and HTMLParser
    mod_python: 42.9. mod_python
    urllib: 42.4. Python and the Web
modulus (%) operator: 36.21.1. Syntax
month order, sorting in: 22.6.5. Month Order
more command, case-insensitive searches, faking: 13.12. Faking Case-Insensitive Searches
more program: 12.3. "less" is More
  -s option for squashing extra blank lines: 12.7. Squash Extra Blank Lines
  PAGER environment variable: 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables
  piping to: 43.4. Problems Piping to a Pager
  sed output, displaying: 34.4.1. checksed
  starting: 24.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
MOTD, security and: 48.8. Importance of MOTD
mount command: 44.1. Quick Introduction to Hardware
  loop option: 44.7. Loopback Mounts
mounting, Network File System: 44.9. Mounting Network Filesystems — NFS, SMBFS
mounting filesystems: 44.5. Filesystem Types and /etc/fstab
  44.6. Mounting and Unmounting Removable Filesystems
  Network File System: 5.6. Checklist: Terminal Hangs When I Log In
mouse
  copy and past in tty-type virtual terminals with: 23.12.2. Scrolling, Using a Mouse
  Emacs editors, not having to use in: 19.2. Emacs Features: A Laundry List
mouse for xterms: 5.9. Working with xterm and Friends
move command (ex): 20.4. Useful ex Commands
moving blocks of text delimited by patterns: 17.13. Moving Blocks of Text by Patterns
moving files and directories: 10.1. What's So Complicated About Copying Files
  between filesystems: 10.2. What's Really in a Directory?
  file, moving into another directory: 10.2. What's Really in a Directory?
moving text with vi editor: 17.6. Using Buffers to Move or Copy Text
Mozilla browser, closing window by killing its processes: 24.22.2. Example #2: A Web Browser
mt command: 38.5.2. Backing Up to Tape
MTAs (see Message Transfer Agents)
-mtime operator (find command): 9.5. Searching for Old Files
  9.7. The Times That find Finds
mtr (MattÕs traceroute): 46.4. Where, Oh Where Did That Packet Go?
MUAs (Mail User Agents): 46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP
multiline commands
  secondary prompts and: 28.12. Multiline Commands, Secondary Prompts
  sed editor: 34.3. Invoking sed
multiline quoting, Bourne shell: 27.12.4. Multiline Quoting
multiline replacement strings, sed editor: 34.9. Newlines in a sed Replacement
multiline shell prompts: 4.7. Multiline Shell Prompts
multiple-line patterns, grep using sed: 13.9. A Multiline Context grep Using sed
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (see MIME encoding)
munchlist script: 16.5. Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary
mutliprocessing on Unix: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell
mv command: 10.2. What's Really in a Directory?
  -f option: 50.7. Protect Important Files: Make Them Unwritable
  file ownership and: 50.3. Who Will Own a New File?
  i option: 10.9. Renaming, Copying, or Comparing a Set of Files
  modifying file without write permission: 50.9. A Loophole: Modifying Files Without Write Access
  renaming files: 8.11. Can't Access a File? Look for Spaces in the Name
  renaming groups of files and: 10.9. Renaming, Copying, or Comparing a Set of Files
MX (see mail exchanger record)
mx function: 29.11.2. Functions with Loops: Internet Lookup
my operator (Perl variable declaration): 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy

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